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Japan
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
JAPAN VS NAMIBIA

Compare Japan and Namibia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Namibia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    		  
    45.0
    49.3
    47.1
    113
    100
    105
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    		  
    50.8
    54.8
    52.8
    114
    105
    110
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    		  
    56.0
    60.0
    57.9
    114
    113
    114
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    		  
    59.5
    63.7
    61.5
    123
    122
    124
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    56.2
    58.5
    57.4
    142
    147
    144
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    		  
    61.3
    64.6
    63.0
    139
    140
    138
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    60.6
    68.4
    64.6
    165
    142
    152
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    60.6
    68.4
    165
    142
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    63.5
    71.1
    173
    148
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    63.8
    71.5
    173
    149
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    64.1
    71.7
    173
    149
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    64.6
    72.0
    173
    149
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    65.2
    72.4
    173
    150
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    65.8
    72.8
    173
    150
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    66.6
    73.5
    173
    149
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    67.6
    74.4
    173
    148
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    69.0
    75.5
    172
    143
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    70.7
    76.7
    171
    138
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    72.6
    78.0
    171
    125
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    74.7
    79.3
    170
    118
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    77.0
    80.7
    170
    113
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    79.5
    82.3
    169
    114
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    82.4
    84.4
    165
    119
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    85.7
    87.0
    158
    126
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    89.2
    90.0
    153
    131
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    105.72
    98
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    117.61
    46
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    4.38
    143
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    94.17
    31
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    4.10
    166
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    40.96
    26
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    13.51
    36
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    2.39
    172
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    14.84
    120
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.37
    158
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    18.25
    79
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    25.76
    73
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    3.04
    164
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    25.79
    40
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    10.07
    66
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    23.50
    80
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.10
    144
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.01
    146
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    1.65
    120
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    0.63
    76
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    1.66
    158
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    16.57
    48
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    6.25
    81
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    4.68
    70
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    4.18
    87
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    44.05
    14
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    7.84
    12
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    4.09
    43
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    12.49
    19
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.63
    131
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    4.37
    118
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.39
    134
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    61.52
    25
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    37.70
    28
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    6.23
    44
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    74.32
    11
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    38.12
    45
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    2.41
    49
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.04
    119
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.78
    16
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    2.57
    36
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    9.09
    2
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    9.45
    32
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    2.22
    61
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    15.49
    38
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.31
    83
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    1.74
    57
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    5.58
    8
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    9.38
    39
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.00
    137
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    1,221
    7.20
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    1,333
    7.86
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    1,464
    8.64
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    59
    0.35
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    461
    2.72
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    54
    0.32
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    176
    1.04
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    33
    0.19
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    322
    1.90
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    18
    0.11
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    45
    0.27
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    207
    1.22
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    243
    1.43
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    46
    0.27
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    121
    0.71
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    8
    0.05
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    336
    1.98
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    43
    0.25
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    94
    0.55
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    21
    0.12
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    73
    0.43
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    16
    0.09
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    62
    0.37
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    24
    0.14
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    110
    0.65
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    100
    0.59
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    162
    0.96
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    428
    2.53
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    724
    4.27
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    23
    0.14
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    868
    5.12
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    133
    0.78
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    11
    0.06
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    1,416
    8.35
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    76
    0.45
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    31
    0.18
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    645
    3.81
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    9
    0.05
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    33
    0.19
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    283
    1.67
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    1
    0.01
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    200
    1.18
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    224
    1.32
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    108
    0.64
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    49
    0.29
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    4
    0.02
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    109
    0.64
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    0
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    32
    0.19
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Namibia NAMIBIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    4.38
    143
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    4.10
    166
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    2.39
    172
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    14.84
    120
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.37
    158
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    3.04
    164
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    25.79
    40
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.10
    144
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.01
    146
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    1.65
    120
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    1.66
    158
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    16.57
    48
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    7.84
    12
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.63
    131
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.39
    134
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    9.09
    2
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.